WEBVTT WMTW NEWS 8'S JOE GLAUBER TALKEDTO RESIDENTS ABOUT WHY THE MILLHAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN THEIRCITY.JOE: ALTHOUGH IT WAS ABANDONED,MANY HERE IN SANFORD CONSIDERTHE MILL A CENTERPIECE OF THEIRTOWN.SOME EVEN STOPPING BY TO SEE THEDAMAGE AND WHAT WAS LEFT BEHIND.>> YOU COULD SEE IT FROM THEPORCH, AND THE FLAMES WERESHOOTING OUT THE SIDES ACOMING OUT THE ROOF. JOE: MICHAEL BRASWELL BROUGHTHIS FAMILY TO SURVEY THE DAMAGELEFT BEHIND BY THE FLAMES.AS HE WAS RETURNING FROM WORKFRIDAY NIGHT, HE COULDN'TBELIEVE WHAT HE SAW.>> LOTS OF SMOKE.WE COULD SEE IT FROM WELLS, WECOULD SEE THE SMOKE COMING UPAND IT WAS JUST CRAZY.JOE: HE LIVES JUST TWO STREETSAWAY FROM THE ABANDONED MILL,AND BEGAN TO FEAR THE BUILDINGWOULD COLLAPSE.>> YOU COULD FEEL THE HEAT JUSTFROM BEING AROUND IT.IT WAS SO STRONG.JOE: FORTUNATELY, MORE THAN 150FIREFIGHTERS FROM 20 TOWNS KEPTTHE FLAMES FROM SPREADING EVENFURTHER.>> OUR WAREHOUSE CURRENTLY ISDIRECTLY BEHIND THE BUILDINGTHAT BURNED.JOE: MARK ROUILLARD OWNS CENTRALFURNITURE JUST ACROSS THESTREET.>> WE MIGHT BE HAVING A REALHARD TIME OPERATING TODAY.JOE: BUT TO HIM, THE MILL WASMORE THAN A NEIGHBOR.>> MY GREAT GRANDPARENTSEMIGRATED HERE FROM CANADA TOWORK IN THAT MILL, AND SO THEREIS A CONNECTION THERE.I DO FEEL A SENTIMENTAL LOSS. JOE: WITH A COSTLY DEMOLITIONPROJECT LIKELY IN THE FUTURE FORTHE MILL, NEIGHBORS JUST SAYTHEY HOPE SOMETHING PRODUCTIVECAN BE DONE WITH THAT SPACE.IN SANFORD, JOE GLAUBER, WMTW